Fig. 2.1 Age-standardised hip fracture incidence rates (/100,000) for some representative countries Regarding the site usually affected by hip fracture, in the United States, femoral neck and intertrochanteric fractures are…
Fig. 7.1 Timeline of functional capacity after hip fracture with traditional anaesthetic care (blue line) vs proactive multidisciplinary care (red line) The preoperative phase describes the period from fracture to…
Age Female sex Low body-mass index Previous fragility fracture, particularly of the hip, wrist and spine Parental history of hip fracture Glucocorticoid treatment (≥5 mg prednisolone daily or equivalent for…
Physical activity METs Sitting reading/watching television 1.0 Washing and dressing 2.1 Walking slowly on flat 2.3 Gentle housework 2.5 Walking a small dog (3 km//h) 2.7 Light static cycling/Bowling 3.0…
